Mobile Device Controllable With User Hand Gestures
AssigneeMattel, Inc.
InventorsKonstantin Degtyarev, Corey Lynn Juliano, Matthew Lentini, Kevin Voorhees
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Abstract
A mobile device includes a body, at least one drive wheel coupled with the body, a control structure configured to automatically control rotational movements of the at least one drive wheel so as to selectively control movement of the body, and a motion detection system coupled with the control structure and configured to detect a plurality of different movements of a user. the control structure controls rotational movements of the at least one drive wheel to effect different movements of the body based upon different detected movements of the user.
Claims20
A mobile device comprising:
- a body;
- at least one drive wheel coupled with the body;
- a control structure configured to automatically control rotational movements of the at least one drive wheel so as to selectively control movement of the body;
- and
- a motion detection system coupled with the control structure and configured to detect a plurality of different movements of a user;
- wherein the control structure controls rotational movements of the at least one drive wheel to effect different movements of the body based upon different detected movements of the user.
A method of controlling movements of a mobile device, the mobile device including a body, at least one drive wheel coupled with the body, a control structure configured to automatically control rotational movements of the at least one drive wheel, and a motion detection system coupled with the control structure, the method comprising:
- detecting movements of a user via the motion detection system;
- and
- via the control structure, controlling rotational movements of the at least one drive wheel to effect different movements of the body based upon different detected movements of the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.